Date of Award
2-1-2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Art
First Advisor
Reiner Leist
Second Advisor
Joel Carreiro
Academic Program Adviser
Carrie Moyer
Abstract
The story in the photographs I am showing is not about a person, but about the span of experience and emotion presented through time. I am looking into things that stand alone, and things that stand together — the idea of sharing space and experience with something or someone or being by yourself. One thing that draws me to photography as a medium is the way that photographs are able to tell a story or explain something without words. Photographs offer a unique perspective which, by their nature, alters reality. There is always some amount of truth that lies in an image, but it varies. It is a compelling aspect of a story -- a fantasy or a point of view, that interjects itself into the empty spaces between photographs on a wall. There are ways in which I might take a photograph in order to make that moment seem like something that it’s not. This statement is a combination of these ideas.
Recommended Citation
Jamail, Lili, "My Sight's Shadow" (2019). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/382